What would be the link between emaciation and pancreatic disease?
Pancreatic diseases might be divided into a couple of categories: those, which affect the digestive system and those that affect the bloodstream. Both categories might be linked. Pancreatitis, the most common problem for example, could be regarded as the early stage of the more systemic problem of Septicaemia. It is caused by a back-up of bile in the bile ducts, caused by gallstones. Since bile is analogous to a foul drainage system, it carries much of the harmful bacteria and toxins, expelled by our coarser immunity systems. Since bile is, by nature, pretty toxic, when it backs up, it infects the Pancreas. The immediate, lower level effects can be dramatic weight loss. I lost, in the three problems, I had, some 14Kg each time!……….in less than a week! The Pancreatitis is often a precursor of Septicaemia. Because this can be related to infections of the urinary tract and Lungs, in the earlier stages the victim can find himself in need of anti-biotic courses. This can cause the dee